Scholarly Expertise / Activity

Interests:

Addictions

Alcoholics Anonymous

Prevention, treatment, and recovery from addictions

Screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT)

Spirituality

Dr. Stephen Strobbe is board-certified both in psychiatric and addictions nursing. He was the first Clinical Director for the University of Michigan Addiction Treatment Services (UMATS), for which he received the Administration/Management Award from the International Nurses Society on Addictions (IntNSA) in 2007. He completed doctoral studies in 2009, with a concentration in bio-behavioral health. Dr. Strobbe has published more than 30 peer-reviewed articles, position papers, book chapters, and other resources related to substance use and addictions nursing. He is currently serving as the President of the International Nurses Society on Addictions(2016-2018).

Teaching

Dr. Strobbe holds the rank of Clinical Associate Professor both at the University of Michigan School of Nursing, and the Department of Psychiatry, teaching at undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral levels. He has given invited talks both nationally and internationally, including the Federated States of Micronesia, Europe, South America, and Southeast Asia. He has been a visiting professor at the University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil (2013), and Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand (2015). In 2015, Professor Strobbe received the Golden Apple Award, the only student-nominated and student-selected teaching award at the University of Michigan. Dr. Strobbe was recently selected to receive a U.S. Fulbright "Core" Flex Teaching/Research Award to Brazil, 2017-2018.

Affiliations / Service

President, International Nurses Society on Addictions (IntNSA, 2016-2018; Board of Directors, 2010-2014; member since 1996)

Fellow of the International Academy of Addictions Nursing (FIAAN), 2016

Fulbright U.S. Scholar to Brazil, 2017-2018

Education

PhD, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 2009

MS, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 1998

BSN, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI 1989

Publication Highlights

Strobbe, S., & Crowley, M. (in press). [Dual publication]. Substance use among nurses and nursing student: A joint position statement of the Emergency Nurses Association and the International Nurses Society on Addictions. Journal of Emergency Nursing, and Journal of Addictions Nursing.